In recent years, the National Innovation Fund began to check the duplicate, comparing this year's application with all the approved application databases and the applications of that year. Applications that were not approved in previous years were not included in the database.

The technological innovation fund for small and medium-sized scientific and technological enterprises (hereinafter referred to as the innovation fund) is a special government fund approved by the State Council to cultivate, support and promote technological innovation for small and medium-sized scientific and technological enterprises. Central financial allocation and bank deposit interest are its sources of funds.